News about inflation

While diesel prices in Moldova have been decreasing for a week already, gasoline is becoming more expensive.

Copper prices rose above the key mark of $14 thousand per ton, approaching historical highs. The market continues to grow despite the increased nervousness on global platforms due to the aggravation around Iran.

Leading economic experts consistently argue that classic monetary methods of the National Bank are ineffective against the current inflation. It is not about money. And even – not in their quantity. It is about the economic sovereignty of the country.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 13.

Government Resolution No. 198/2025, which came into force on May 17, 2025, had a “exploding bomb” effect a year later.

After weeks of Russian Urals crude benefiting from a global supply shortage, the market has suddenly changed direction. The Urals discount to benchmark Brent crude increased for the first time since the start of the war in Iran.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has released the new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 12.

In the period January-April 2026, Moldovan producers of apple concentrate processed a little more than 2 thousand tons of apples. Moreover, last month accounted for at least half of the volume of processing of this raw material, industry operators note.

Potato acreage in Moldova has decreased by 10-20% this year, according to potato seed suppliers. The reasons are many – from radical cost reduction due to the rise in the price of all inputs, to the relatively low selling price of this product throughout the 2025/26 marketing season.

In April 2026, average consumer prices in Moldova increased by 6.8% year-on-year, up 4.5% YTD, confirming the acceleration trend. In March, the annual inflation rate was 5.8%, after the January minimum of 4.8%.

Bitcoin stabilized on Monday, squandering much of the weekend’s gains amid escalating tensions over Iran, which offset optimism over progress on the U.S. regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.

The European Union is preparing a 21st package of sanctions against Moscow, within which it intends to increase pressure on the “shadow fleet,” Russian banks and the Russian Orthodox Church, Politico writes, citing European officials and diplomats.

Germany is preparing one of the toughest overhauls of its health insurance system in years, and it’s already causing alarm among pharmaceutical companies and investors.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) reported a favorable economic growth forecast for the first quarter of 2026, noting positive dynamics in industry, agriculture and retail trade. However, along with this, the National Bank decided to tighten monetary policy to control inflation by raising the prime rate to 6.5% per annum.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) April price index for sugar is down 4.7% from March’s value. Compared to April last year, the April 2026 global sugar price index is 21.2% lower.

The National Bank of Moldova and the Central Bank of Norway became the first central banks in Europe to raise interest rates after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East.

Global food prices in April reached the highest level in more than three years. The main driver of food inflation was a sharp rise in the price of vegetable oils triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

The National Bank of Moldova increased the prime rate by 1.5 p.p. at once. – From 5% to 6.5% – to prevent inflation growth against the background of rising world prices caused a lot of questions and comments of experts.

The Indian rupee has hit an all-time low amid rising oil prices, capital outflows and heightened global uncertainty. Pressure on the currency market is increasing risks for one of the world’s fastest growing major economies.

As of the beginning of 2026, servicing Moldova’s domestic public debt costs the budget significantly more than servicing external debt, often amounting to almost double the difference in expenditures.